FPAN, is the first and a leading national NGO devoted to SRHR, which was established in 1959 and started family planning and SRH programs in Nepal, becoming Member Association of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in 1969. FPAN has been complementing and supplementing the national health and population programs after the government launched its own Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Project in 1969. FPAN has 480 full-time professional and 11,000 volunteers at community levels.